Interesting that Parcells had the inside coaching track, stole Ireland for his GM and Sparano as HC. Why not Garrett? One theory: Sparano's more "malleable" (a yes-man). Another theory: he's better than Garrett. A third theory: he's more a system guy AND a better coach than Garrett. But Blank's been burned too many times and wants the next big; Ravens always gotta follow the Steelers model, and want the young maverick; a bidding war where both parties are bidding for, I dunno, the next Lane Kiffin?

Jerry money-whipped Garrett who is now the highest paid OC in the league at $3 million per.

Let's see: take over an aging Ravens D with discipline issues, in a division where Pittsburgh is king and Cleveland's ascending; take over in Atlanta, which is a hot mess; or stay put, get paid more than many HCs, and take over the reins of what is (now) a pretty hot team. Decisions, decisions.

Tice would be sweet. Talk about turning over the asylum to the inmates!

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"Dreith said I hit Sipe too hard. I hit him as hard as I could. Brian has a chance to go out of bounds and he decides not to. He knows I'm going to hit him. And I do. History."- - - Jack Lambert, after referee Ben Dreith ejected him from a game for knocking out Browns QB Brian Sipe.